Looking back to a time when food was more wholesome and healthful, grown locally or in our own gardens without pesticides and growth hormones, this book offers detailed information about traditional food production, preparation, and preservation. The heavily illustrated step-by-step instructions explain how to grow fruits and vegetables in a space as small as a windowsill, turn fresh fruit into jams and jellies, prepare dried foods and cooking ingredients, make popular chutneys and relishes, and preserve foods with a cold storage unit. You can learn how to raise chickens and honeybees, make your own cheese, and brew or ferment homemade wine, beer, and naturally flavored vodka.